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English noun: tyrant | |||
| 1. | tyrant (person) a cruel and oppressive dictator | ||
| Synonyms | autocrat, despot | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | dictator, potentate | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | czar | ||
| 2. | tyrant (person) in ancient Greece, a ruler who had seized power without legal right to it | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ruler, swayer | ||
| Instance hyponym | Dionysius, Dionysius the Elder | ||
| 3. | tyrant (person) any person who exercises power in a cruel way | ||
| Samples | His father was a tyrant. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
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